Shoe and shank piece therefor



June 13, 1933. J. F. CROWLEY SHOE AND SHANK PIECE THEREFOR Filed Oct. 25, 1929 U -mm Patented June 13, 1933 TES .rqnfiv ncnOWiEY, or Lynn; massaonusn'rrs, assmnonrou vrrnnsnon nacninnnyj 1 P A TEN,

companio or rA'rnRsoN, new JERSEYQA conronmrxon or NEWJERSEY H IA em:

Application flied October 25, 1929. Serial No. 402,499.

This inventionrelates to improvements in i shoes and shank piecestherefor and ito imiprovements in methods of making shoes. The i invention is herein.illustrated with relation "to aturn shoehaving a shank piece which is riveted tothe shoe sole, although in certain aspects the invention is usefnlalsoinconnectron with othertypes of shoes such, for example as wel.tshoes,as well as McKay-sewed or other shoes in which atrea securedto the upper,

d sole is directly ream N 0. 1,695,-

;cation of \Villiam-GJ Dodge, there is disclosed a turn shoenhav ngia compositeshank piece vvhicli isriveted to the sole the shank piece comprising avfi'll'er member of more or 1 less fiexlble material, such asleatheror leath erboard, and ametalhc reinforcing or 5151f"- lening strip which is securedito the outer side ofthefillerpiete, the rivetextending inwardpreliminarily formed registering apertures ly through thesole' of the shoe and through in the reinforcing strip and in the fillerpiece, with the inner end oil the rivet clenched l :Yagainstthe inner surface of the fillerpiece and withithekhead of the :rivetflush Witlrthe l outer surface of thesole whereitis a more orless prominent featureof the finished shoe.

member located between the filler n eniber and the sole andsecuredto the filler member, asaidreintorcing memberhaving a circular apertm'etherei-n, a .heelsecuired to the t sole and the fillenmember, and a rivet ar 1 ranged with its head located between thereinforcing member and the fillen member and having atubular shank portion of substan- 3 tiallythe samediameterflas theaperturein p p p I the reinforcing member extend ng throughe 1 Fig; 1. 1s al0ngitud1na1 sectlonalv ew of a :piece foruseinaturn shoezwhich, as herein illustrated, comprises a fillerniember, a reinj tween (said members and having a tubular t l tyondl saidi reinforcing member to be passed the outer side ofthe body otthesole, and

neon mimanron and ang tightly within said iterate; aid

firmly securing together thesolean d the rein forcing member 1 one of the/illustrated embodiments tof the invention special provision is made for concealing theinner as Well as the outer end of the rivet, the crmstruction being such that a metallic strip constituting the reinforcing member-of the shanlcpiece is firmly secured at its ends :to the filler member and the rivet err-tends through and has holding engagement at its inner end only withthe metallic strip, the filler inemberhaving no rivet-receiving aperturetherein and serving to coverthe in ner end of the rivet and effectively to conceal itfroni view fromlthe inside of the shoo even if the socklining is removed. t t 1 i In still another aspect theinvention consists in the provision of a composite shank forcing, member secured to the filler member and havinga single circular aperture therein,

and a rivet arranged with its head located beeter as said aperture withitsibarreliextend- 111g through said aperture and promoting bethrough and fastened to thesoleof a shoe, t

l The invention further resides in an improved method; of making it shoes which consists in inserting the barrel of a rivet through l an aperture in a shankstiffening member, at-

tachlng the shank stiffening member toa shoe bottom member withthe head of the rivet located between saidmembers, splitting atread sole to provide a flap at the outerside of the sole, punching a hole through the body of the sole beneath the flap inposition to receive the rivet, projecting the; barrel of the rivet 'througlrthe aperturein the tread sole,

clenchingthe outer end of the rivet against laying the sole flap to cover the and the breast of a heel attached to theshoe.

The inventionwill be explainedfin refer ence to the accompanying drawing, inwhich IC i turn shoe constructed in accordance with th present invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional View on the line II1I of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the shank piece'shown in Figs. 1 and'2; and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating a modification of the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Referring to the drawing, there is shown in Fig. 1 a turn shoe 6 having an upper 8 and bottom members comprising a sole 10 and a composite shank piece 12, and having also a heel 14 secured by meansof nails 16 to the heel seat of the shoe in the usual manner. The breast'of the heel 14 is covered by a flap 18 which is split from an integral with thesole 10. The inside of the shoe. bottom is covered by a socklining 20. The shank piece 12, which has the usual longitudinally arched formation, consists of a filler member or shoe bottom member 22v of such material ,as leather or leatherboard and a metallic means of a tubular rivet 28 and provision is made for insuring that the rivet shall be covered and concealed from view both from the inside and from the outside of the shoe. To this end, a rivet-receiving hole80 is prelimi- 'narily formed in the stiffening strip 24 and the rivet 28 is inserted through'rthe hole 30 before the stiffening strip is attached to the filler member 22, the rivet being inserted from the longitudinally convex side of the stiffening strip 24 so thatthe head ofthe rivet will be located between the strip 24 and the filler member and will bear against and be covered by the filler member. To'provide for holding attachment of the rivet with the soleof the shoe Without, however, having the outer end of the rivet visible at the outer or tread side of the sole, the heel-breast-covering flap 18 is made to continue forwardly beyond the heel-seat portion of the-sole to a point just forward of the location where the rivet is to be passed through the sole, and a hole 32 (Fig. 1) is made in the body portion of the solerbeneaththe flap 18 to receive the rivet. The location of the hole 82 in the sole may be determined by preliminarily inserting the shank piece and rivet in proper position inside the shoe and applying sufiicient pressure to the portion of the filler member above the.

rivet to cause the unset outer end of the rivet to makea slight mark or depression in the inner surface of the sole, after which the shank piece may be removed and a hole bored from the inside of the shoein the location dc? the rivet in the shank piece.

termined by the mark. Thereafter the shank piece is replaced in the shoe with the rivet projecting through the hole 32 in the sole and the outer end of the rivet is clenched over the outer surface of the body portion of the sole, beneath the flap 18, thus firmly securing together the sole and shank piece. Inasmuch as theshank portion of the rivet fills or its tightly within the hole 30 in the stiffening strip 24 undesirable relative displacement of the shank piece and the sole is prevented.

After the rivet 28 has been set or clenched, the sole flap 18 is laid and adhesively secured in place against the shank portion of the sole and the breast surface of the heel, thereby completely covering and concealing the clenched over outer end of the rivet and covering the heel breast. As herein shown the flap 18 is formed so as to provide a relatively thick portion 19 near where it is connected with the sole for covering the rivet and a relatively thin portion for covering the heel breast.

As shown, the filler member 22 covers and conceals from view the head or inner end of the rivet. Inasmuch as the filler member 22 is made of relatively thick and heavy material'no protuberance will be formed therein by the head ofthe rivet'even after the shoe has been worn, and consequently, there will be nothing visible from the inside of the shoe to indicate or suggest the presence of the rivet in the shank portion of the sole. If desired however, the rivet, instead of extending through the reinforcing or stiffening strip only, may be extended also through the filler piece 22. Sucha construction is shown in Fig. 4, wherein a'rivet 280 extends through an outsole 10 and through both the reinforcing member 24 and the filler member 22 of a shank piece 12, the head or outer end of the rivet being covered by the relatively thick portion 19 of a flap 18 split from the sole 10 while the inner end of the rivet is clenched against the inner surface of the filler member 22 and is covered by a sock lining 20.

For use in the manufacture of turn shoes wherein it is desired to have the head or the inner end of the rivet covered by the filler member of-a composite shank piece, the shank piece may be made and shipped to the shoe manufacturer in the form shown in Fig. 3 wherein the rivet 28 is arranged with its head located between the reinforcing member 24 and the filler member 22 and with its barrel extending only through the reinforcing member. In using a composite shank piece of the type just described in the making of a turn shoe the sole of the shoe is split at its outer side to a point somewhat forward of the front of the heel seat and the body portion of the sole beneath the flap is punched to provide an aperture properly located to receive Thereafter, the shank piece is'placed inside of the shoe and the projecting barrel of the rivetis inserted through the aperture in thesole and its. outer end clenched against the outer surface of the body portion of the sole. Thereafter the heel is attached and the sole flap is laidso as to conceal the clenched end of the rivet and cover the breast of the heel.

Having described my 1nvent1on, what I claim as-new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1s:

1. A turn shoe comprising, in combination,

an upper, a sole having a flap split from its outer slde and integrally connected at its forward end with thebodyof the sole, a shank piece filler member overlying theheel and shank portions of the solo, a shank piece reinforcing member located between the filler member and the sole andsecured to the tiller member, said reinforcing member having a single circular aperture therein, a rivet firmly securmg said reinforcing member to the sole,said rivet being arranged with its head shank portion of substantially the same dimember extending through and fitting tight .1 by within said aperture, and a heel attached to thesole, the outer. end of the rivet andthe breast of the heel being covered by said sole 1 flap.

2. A turn shoe comprising, in combination, an upper, a sole,.a shank piece filler member overlying the heel and shank portions of the sole, a shank piece reinforcing member 10- cated between the filler member. and the sole and secured to thefiller member, said reinforcing member having a single circular aperture therein, a heel secured to the sole and thefiller member, and; arivet arranged with its head located between the reinforcing member and the filler member and having a tubular shank portion of substantially the same diameter as the aperture in the rainf ting tightly within said aperture andffirmly securing together the sole andthe reinforcing member. I 3. A shoe comprlsmg, in comb nation, an

upper, a tread sole, a shoe bottom member, a heel secured to the tread sole and to the shoe bottom member, a shank stiffener located between the tread sole and the shoe bottom member and secured to the latter, said shank stiffener having a single clrcular aperture therein, a rivet firmly securing said reinforce ing member to the tread sole, said rlvet having a cylindrical shank portion of substan tially the same diameter as the aperture in the reinforcing member extending through and fitting tightly within said aperture, and

posite 'shank piece for use in aturn shoe. comprising, in comblnation, a filler member,

a reinforcing member secured to the filler member and havingasingle circular aperture therein, and arivet arranged with its head located between said members andhaving a tubular shank portion of substantially the samejdiam-eten as said aperture extending through andfitting tightly within said aperening member to a shoe bottom member with members, splitting a tread sole to provide a flap at the outer side or the sole, punching a hole through the body of thesole beneath thefiap in position to receive the rivet, pre

I the head of the rivet locatedbetween said j ecting therivet through the hole in the tread sole, cleiiching the outer end of the rivet agamstthe outer side of the body of the sole, and laying the sole flap to conceal the rivet and cover the breast of a heel attached tothe shoe. p,

6. That improvement mg turn shoes whlch consists in splitting a portions of the select a turnshoe and perforating the body of the sole to provide a rivetreceivinghole in the shank portion of the sole, plaeing within the shoe a composite shank piece comprising a filler member and.

a perforated reinforcing member having a rivet arranged With. its barrel extending through the perforation in said reinforcing member and with its head located between said members,-inserting the outer end of the barrel of the rivetthrough the hole in the *sole ,;clenching the outer end of the rivet ,against the body of the sole, and laying the forcing member extending through and fit ii portions of the sole of a turn shoe, placing in position within the shoe a composite shank piece comprising afiller member and a perforated remtorcmg member havlng a rivet ap to conceal the rivet and cover the breast, of a heel attached to the shoe. V a

arranged with its barrel extending through the perforation in said reinforcing member and with lts head located between saidmemhers and forcing the barrel of the rivet against the sole of the shoe to make a locating markon the insideot the sole, remov-- ing the shank piece and boring through the sole from the inside of the shoe in the location determined by said mark to make a hole through the bodyportion of the sole, replacing the shank piece in the shoe and projectin the sole, clenching the outer end of the rivet against the body portion of the sole;

and laying the flap to conceal the rivet and JOHN F. CROXVLEY. 

